Contact: Nick Berning, 202-222-0748, [email protected] ; Kelly Trout, 202-222-0722, [email protected] Pipeline lobbyist accused of illegal lobbying for foreign corporation Justice Department urged to investigate after emails reveal Canadian oil lobbyist who was former aide of Secretary Clinton lobbied without disclosing status as a foreign agent WASHINGTON, D.C. — The State Department's review of a proposed tar sands oil pipeline faced a new setback today as an environmental group called on the Justice Department to investigate a top pipeline lobbyist's illegal failure to register as a foreign agent. “Paul Elliott, a government relations employee of TransCanada, has acted as agent of a foreign principal and therefore violated the Foreign Agents Registration Act. We respectfully request that you immediately open an investigation of this matter,” Friends of the Earth attorney Ga...